The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a virtual library that you can access from your home pc, your school library computer lab, or your iPhone – anywhere with an internet connection. TEL provides access to over 400,000 electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal census records, Tennessee primary source materials, and more!
All types of not-for-profit libraries participate in TEL and benefit from the wide range of information TEL databases offer, including homework help to new readers, consumer health information, business resources, leisure reading suggestions, current event essays, academic and civil service test preparation help, and genealogy and family history sources. Over 1.2 million searches are performed each month across the various TEL databases. Since 1999, the Tennessee Electronic Library has been dedicated to providing equal access to this expansive collection of electronic resources for all Tennesseans.
Targets:
I will develop an understanding of the content available through TEL.
I will successfully search and locate information about various topics using the search features.
I will be able to email, print, and save articles, mp3 files, citations, highlights, and notes.
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About:
The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a virtual library that you can access from your home pc, your school library computer lab, or your iPhone – anywhere with an internet connection. TEL provides access to over 400,000 electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal census records, Tennessee primary source materials, and more!
All types of not-for-profit libraries participate in TEL and benefit from the wide range of information TEL databases offer, including homework help to new readers, consumer health information, business resources, leisure reading suggestions, current event essays, academic and civil service test preparation help, and genealogy and family history sources. Over 1.2 million searches are performed each month across the various TEL databases. Since 1999, the Tennessee Electronic Library has been dedicated to providing equal access to this expansive collection of electronic resources for all Tennesseans.
Targets:
I will develop an understanding of the content available through TEL.
I will successfully search and locate information about various topics using the search features.
I will be able to email, print, and save articles, mp3 files, citations, highlights, and notes.
Introduction
Why TEL is a good source?
content types include: reference books, magazines, scholarly journals, videos, art work, primary sources, newspaper articles, images
allows for a safer environment for primary grades to search
capable of searching for specific reading level
Explore the home page.
Tennessee Electronic Library
content is divided by grade level, subject and database
Basic Search
enter keyword(s) in main search bar OR
select the grade level and then the database OR
select the subject OR
select Advanced Search
Gale Databases
Begin a search
Saving to Google Drive
sign in with Google
all articles, highlights, citations can be saved
all saved items can be downloaded to Google Drive
Saving to Google Classroom to create an assignment
sign in with Google
click the Google Classroom icon
Saving to OneDrive
sign in with Microsoft